Nattens ljus (1957)

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Original title	Nattens ljus
Swedish release title	Nattens ljus
Distribution title	Nattens lys (Norge) Le luci della notte (Italien)

Director	Lars-Eric Kjellgren
Screenplay	Lars-Eric Kjellgren
Production Manager	Allan Ekelund
Director of Photography	Åke Dahlqvist
Music	Bengt Hallberg Lars-Erik Larsson (originalmusik)
Choreography	John Ivar Deckner
Art Director	P.A. Lundgren
Film Editor	Oscar Rosander
Production Mixer	Sven Hansen
Script Supervisor	Katinka Faragó
Scenario	Lars-Eric Kjellgren Ingmar Bergman
Unit Manager	Gustav Roger Roland Nordgren
First Assistant Cameraman	Mac Ahlberg
Still Photographer	Louis Huch (ateljéfoto)
Orchestra Leader	Eskil Eckert-Lundin
Boom Operator	Åke Hansson
Re-recording Mixer	Sven Persson (as Sven Rudestedt)
Narrator	Gunnar Sjöberg

Marianne Bengtsson	Maria Pettersson
Lars Ekborg	Peter
Gunnar Björnstrand	Purman, assessor på ungdomsroteln
Birger Malmsten	Mikael Sjöberg, skådespelare
Gaby Stenberg	Ka, Mikaels fru
Gösta Cederlund	Alfred Björk, skådespelare
Erik Strandmark	snäll buse
Georg Rydeberg	filmregissör
Helge Hagerman	Andersson, radiopolis
Sten Ardenstam	Lundström, radiopolis
Frithiof Bjärne	radiopolis
Gösta Prüzelius	Pettersson, polis
Torsten Lilliecrona	polis på gatan
Gunnar Sjöberg	överkonstapel
Hans Bendrik	polis
Olle Ekbladh	polis
Ivar Wahlgren	herr Wilhelmsson, Marias morbror
Renée Björling	fru Wilhelmsson, Marias moster
Nils Whiten	Gustav Nilsson, portvakt
Hanny Schedin	fru Nilsson
Sven-Eric Gamble	pressfotograf
Gösta Jonsson	''Toppen''
Nils Jacobsson	brandkapten
Nils "Knas" Ohlson	inspicient
Alf Östlund	herre i paletå
Greta Stave	katt-matte
Stig Johanson	spårvagnskonduktör
Gunnar "Knas" Lindkvist	domare på danssalongen
Carin Lundquist	dam i bil
Sven-Axel "Akke" Carlsson	kavaljer på danssalongen
David Stein	ej identifierad roll
Svea Holm	ej identifierad roll
Mathias Alexandersson	ej identifierad roll
Ella Sahlberg	ej identifierad roll

Production Company	AB Svensk Filmindustri
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Svensk Filmindustri
Laboratory	FilmTeknik AB

Censorship number	90756
Date	1957-09-12
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2540 meters
Notes	Speltid: 93 minuter. Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.

Aspect ratio	2.35:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	AGA-Baltic
Colour type	Black and white + colour
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2540 meter
Length in minutes	93 min
Reels	5 reels

				1957-01-03	1957-02-28
Filmstaden	Råsunda	Sweden
Centralen	Stockholm	Sweden	(m.fl. platser i Stockholm)

Release in Sweden	1957-10-14	Fontänen	Stockholm	Sweden	93 min
	1957-10-14	Spegeln	Stockholm	Sweden	93 min
First showing	1957-10-14	Fontänen	Stockholm	Sweden	93 min
	1957-10-14	Spegeln	Stockholm	Sweden	93 min
Other showing	1961		Warsaw	Poland
TV showing	1973-10-05	TV1		Sweden	89 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	1984-02-24
TV showing	1991-05-03	Kanal 1		Sweden	89 min
	1997-12-12	SVT1		Sweden	89 min
	2001-05-07	SVT1		Sweden	89 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2007-12-01
	2007-12-05
	2010-09-02
	2010-09-10
	2015-04-18
TV showing	2016-09-12	SVT1		Sweden
Cinematheque screening	2017-09-02	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2017-09-02
TV showing	2018-08-28	SVT1		Sweden
	2019-11-05	SVT1		Sweden

Original title	Conny's Blues
Composer	Jürgen Jacobsen

Original title	I'm So Lonesome Tonight
Composer	Francis Chagrin
Lyrics	Francis Chagrin

Original title	Rock 'n' Roll
Composer	Bengt Hallberg
	Ove Lind

Original title	Violins in Velvet
Composer	Leslie Baguley

Original title	Nattens ljus
Composer	Lars-Erik Larsson	(1957)
Lyrics	Gardar	(1956)

Folket i Bild Magazine Award	Stockholm	1957		Lars-Eric Kjellgren	(manus)

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Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2589

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Duplicate positive
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2934

Element type	Original picture negative
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Original picture negative neutral background
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Sound negative
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	NATTENS LJUS
Tryckeri	Zetterlund & Thelanders boktryckeri AB

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	NATTENS LJUS
Tryckeri	Uddeholms Offset
Designed by	H. Gullberg

Size	About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity	1
Poster title	W SWIETLE NEONOW
Tryckeri	Uddeholms Offset

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Nattens ljus. Ett lustspel om ungdom och kärlek (och en del andra av livets bekymmer och glädjeämnen) av Lars-Eric Kjellgren. Stockholm den 13.10.1956. Version 1.
Extent	102 s. + 1 s. brev från Lars-Eric Kjellgren.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Nattens ljus. En romantisk komedi av Lars-Eric Kjellgren. Scenario: Lars-Eric Kjellgren, Ingmar Bergman.
Extent	170 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Peripheral material

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Kort sammandrag av handlingen i SF-filmen Nattens ljus.
Extent	1 s.
Language	Swedish

Black and white print	SET
Behind the scenes prints	SET
Album	Yes

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish